Rapid Racers

Event Year: 2021
Event Location: Virtual
Competition: Junior Solar Sprint
Division: 3-5
School: Buck Lake Elementary
Team Size: 2

Team Members: Samuel and Andrew, 3rd grade

Vehicle: The SolarMobile

Dimensions – 17 centimeters tall, 16 centimeters wide and 37 centimeters long

problems on the way

1 problem we had was that when trying to make the car on rough terain and making it go faster so we decided to try some way to get tires on both of the wheels which led to problem 2.

problem 2 was a hard one that we didn’t solve due to some circumstances but we got half way . the problem was that the wheel with no tire was not attached to the axle and no matter how hard we tried we couldn’t get the 2 big wheels to spin so we ended up with having to only have on back wheel with a tire, but it worked better.

matirals

base:plastic corget

wheels are driven by a pulley connected to a generator connected to the solar panel

axles: 2 kabob sticks

energy: solar panel

to get the solar energy from the solar panel i used alligator clips and wires

flow of energy

light energy went from the sun and hit the solar panel, then the solar energy turns into electrical energy that runs through the wires and turns in to mechanical energy which makes the pulley spin the wheel.

17 thoughts on “Rapid Racers”

Ollie

2021-05-07, 08:55 at 08:55

nice job guys!
Harper

2021-05-06, 08:54 at 08:54

I really like the name!
Samuel

2021-05-06, 08:54 at 08:54

thank you for the encoriging words
Danny

2021-05-05, 13:29 at 13:29

Very nice! I think you have a nice way of moving the solar panel around so if the sun is low and your solar panel is high you can move it.
- Samuel
  
  2021-05-06, 08:47 at 08:47
  
  thank you!
- Andrew
  
  2021-05-06, 08:50 at 08:50
  
  Thank you!
- Andrew
  
  2021-05-06, 08:58 at 08:58
  
  It is a very good idea, and I like your compliment.
Wallace Knight

2021-05-05, 09:43 at 09:43

Way to go, Samuel and Andrew! It is obvious you all make a great team.
Wallace Knight
LCS Science Developer
- Andrew
  
  2021-05-06, 08:48 at 08:48
  
  Thank you for the compliment, Wallace!
- Samuel
  
  2021-05-06, 08:49 at 08:49
  
  thank you for the positive words!
- Samuel
  
  2021-05-06, 08:52 at 08:52
  
  thank you for the thoughtful comment
Doreen

2021-05-05, 08:52 at 08:52

I love how you explained everything in the section ” problems on the way “
- Samuel
  
  2021-05-06, 08:44 at 08:44
  
  thank you for the kind words
- Andrew
  
  2021-05-06, 08:55 at 08:55
  
  I love your compliment, Doreen!
Colleen Kettles

2021-05-05, 08:45 at 08:45

Very nice design and explanation of your car. Ran well too, so congratulations and good luck.
- Samuel
  
  2021-05-06, 08:50 at 08:50
  
  thank you for the encorging words
- Andrew
  
  2021-05-06, 08:52 at 08:52
  
  Thank you very much!

17 thoughts on “Rapid Racers”

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